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King Alfred of England

Read by Ryan Cherrick


Jacob Abbott


The life and accomplishments of England's sole title holder of "The Great." King Alfred defended England from Viking invasions an…

Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous

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Sarah Knowles Bolton


These characters have been chosen from various countries and from varied professions, that the youth who read this book may see that poverty…

The Life and Adventures of Nat Love

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Nat Love


Nat Love was born a slave, emancipated into abject poverty, grew up riding the range as a cowboy and spent his maturity riding the rails as …

Indian Boyhood

Read by Carol Pelster


Charles Alexander Eastman


Indian Boyhood is a lively and appealing first-person recounting of the life of a Sioux child in the last days of the tribe's "wild&quo…

The Ghosts of Piccadilly

Read by Peter Yearsley


G. S. Street


Nothing spooky or supernatural, but a very personal gathering of gossip, letters, and fragments of biography of famous people who have lived…

The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

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Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon


Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (April 13, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the k…

The Gamekeeper at Home

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Richard Jefferies


Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire …

Kepler

Read by Bill Boerst


Walter W. Bryant


This biography of Johannes Kepler begins with an account of what the world of astronomy was like before his time, then proceeds to a look at…

The Underground Railroad, Part 4

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William Still


"The work is intensely interesting. Many of the narratives thrill the reader through and through. Some of them awaken an indignation, a…

Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality

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Stuart Mason


“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at the disposal of the artist?”“We are dom…

Letters on an Elk Hunt

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Elinore Pruitt Stewart


This is a sequel to Letters of a Woman Homesteader in which Elinore Rupert (Pruitt) Stewart describes her arrival and early years on a Burnt…

Queen Elizabeth

Read by Brendan Stallard


Edward Spencer Beesly


A biography of Queen Elizabeth the First, the last monarch of the Tudors. (Summary by Brendan Stallard)

Meine Emancipation, Verweisung und Rechtfertigung

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Louise Aston


1845, Louise Aston lebt als geschiedene Frau in Berlin und bewegt sich in intellektuellen Kreisen. Sie raucht in der Öffentlichkeit und…

The Story of Geronimo

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Jim Kjelgaard


Geronimo (1829 – 1909) was a prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion in…

President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation

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Henry Watson Wilbur


A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude towar…

England and the Hundred Years' War

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Charles William Chadwick Oman


This little book by the British military historian, Charles Oman, begins with the accession of the warrior king, Edward III, to the English …

The Travels of Ibn Batuta

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Ibn Battuta


Ibn Battuta (1304 – ca. 1369), was a Moroccan explorer. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic world a…

The Log-Cabin Lady

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Unknown


'The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear throu…

The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 1

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


This Autobiography of Goethe has a lengthy introduction and short biography of Goethe's life by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and was translate…

Captains of Industry

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James Parton


In this volume are presented examples of men who shed lustre upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised t…

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